A Girl Scout, Danuta had lived under the Soviet occupation for two years before being deported from Nowogródek in 1942 to Achinsk area in Krasnoyarsk Krai. Together with her mother she was placed in a kolkhoz where they worked the land. Left with the Polish Army from Krasnovodsk to Pahlevi. She was evacuated with Polish children to India where she stayed until 1946, ultimately to settle in the UK.
Danuta Pniewska
Sisters of Nazareth with their pupils
Danuta Pniewska showing a cherished album of family photos
Danuta before deportation from Poland